Land at High Street South, Stewkley, LU7 0HR

Authority: Buckinghamshire Council - Aylesbury Area *
Appeal type: minor · Planning Appeal
Procedure: Written Representations
Development: residential · Minor Dwellings
Inspector: Boughton A

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

whether the proposal would be suitably located having regard to relevant development plan policies
the design and layout of the proposal
the effect of the proposal upon biodiversity and habitat for protected species

What decided it

Plot 2 presents a significant conflict with Policy STK1 of the Stewkley Neighbourhood Plan by projecting beyond the defined settlement boundary into open countryside, and this conflict is not outweighed by any material consideration, whereas Plot 1 severed from Plot 2 would accord with the development plan as a whole.

The benefits of housing delivery at a time when the Council is deficient in housing land are limited and do not outweigh the significant conflict with the neighbourhood plan policy protecting the openness of the countryside and the defined edge to the built area, particularly given that paragraph 14 of the Framework applies substantial weight to conflict with a recently-made neighbourhood plan.

Framework references: 11, 14

Plan policies cited: Policy STK1, Policy STK2, Policy BE2, Policy NE1, Policy STK12

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Heritage. Listed buildings by grade and distance, conservation areas, scheduled monuments, registered parks and gardens, heritage at risk.
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Flooding. Flood zones 2 and 3, surface water, and both again with climate change.
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